{"id":1533632,"date":"2022-06-30T13:05:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1533632"},"modified":"2022-06-30T13:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:05:17","slug":"asst-hhs-secy-levine-only-bigots-oppose-transgender-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asst-hhs-secy-levine-only-bigots-oppose-transgender-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Asst. HHS Secy. Levine: Only \u2018bigots\u2019 oppose transgender kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fasst-hhs-secy-levine-only-bigots-oppose-transgender-kids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1533632&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2723446\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2723446\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2723446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AP22180594158646.jpg\" alt=\"Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health, Adm. Rachel Levine, left, speaks after having attended a roundtable on gender-affirming care and transgender health, along with Arianna Inurritegui-Lint, right, CEO and founder of Arianna&#039;s Center, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo\/Wilfredo Lee)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2723446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health, Adm. Rachel Levine, left, speaks after having attended a roundtable on gender-affirming care and transgender health, along with Arianna Inurritegui-Lint, right, CEO and founder of Arianna\u2019s Center, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo\/Wilfredo Lee)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 9:33 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, June 30, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Assistant Secretary of Health, Admiral Rachel Levine received backlash after accusing opponents of gender reassignment treatment for children of transphobia. The Florida Department of Health is doubling down on its opposition to gender reassignment treatment for underage patients amid a spat with Levine.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Tuesday, Florida officials reiterated experimental and irreversible medical treatments must not be provided to children and teenagers -who suffer from gender dysphoria. This comes after last week\u2019s testimony by Levine, the first transgender cabinet official in history, who painted the Florida Health Department out to be an opponent of LGBTQ equality.<\/p>\n<p>The event, called the Pride Month Town Hall, was recently live-streamed by the DNC. During that discussion, Levine promoted gender-transitioning for minors and referred to transgender treatments as an \u201cage appropriate\u201d and a \u201ccritical tool.\u201d It was during that event when the admiral suggested that the Florida Health Department was against the LGBTQ community and claimed opponents of gender-transitions for minors are \u201ctargeting trans youth to score political points.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden official Rachel Levine: Sex reassignment surgery and puberty blockers for KIDS is \u201clifesaving, medically necessary, age appropriate, and a critical tool\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OwSOA3cjj8\">pic.twitter.com\/OwSOA3cjj8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1541399444054212611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The department fired back at Levine while taking issue with her claims that \u201cthis makes anyone at the department an \u201copponent of LGBTQ equality,\u201d also adding that her comments are \u201cnothing more than a poorly attempted character assassination.\u201d Levine has yet to respond to the rebuttal by Florida officials. Meanwhile, Florida\u2019s surgeon general is recommending other states to prohibit children\u2019s access to \u201cdisfiguring\u201d gender surgery.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-immigration-policies-under-scrutiny-after-migrant-deaths-in-texas\/\">Biden Immigration Policies Under Scrutiny After Migrant Deaths In Texas<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health, Adm. Rachel Levine, left, speaks after having attended a roundtable on gender-affirming care and transgender health, along with Arianna Inurritegui-Lint, right, CEO and founder of Arianna\u2019s Center, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in Miami. 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